Pioneering gene therapy restores deaftoddler's hearing | BBC News
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A UK toddler born deaf can now hear unaided, after agroundbreaking gene-therapy treatment.
Opal Sandy was treated shortly before her firstbirthday - and six months on, can hear sounds as softas a whisper and is starting to talk, saying words suchas "Mama", "Dada" and "uh-oh".
Given as an infusion into the ear, the therapy replacesfaulty DNA causing her type of inherited deafness.
The trial is recruiting patients in the UK, US and Spain.
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